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Rusty Arthur and Lisa Halverson won the championship of the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce golf meet on Friday. They shot a 35.

Second place in the first flight went to Jamie Root and Addy Root with a 36 and third to Ty Vandenhoek and Bert Shields, 38.

Second flight winners were: Jeff Grossenburg and Robin Grossenburg, 40; Jeremy and Rhonda Schroeder, 42 and Cody Haiar and Roger Farley, 42.

Third flight winners were: Jeff and Sharon Schramm, 44; C.A. and Twila Owen, 45 and Chad Peterson and Tom Renner, 46.

There were 28 teams in the tournament.

Reed Harter of the Winner/Colome Legion baseball team played in the American Legion baseball all-star game.

Players selected were from nominations submitted by their American Legion coaches.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team defeated Parkston Mudcats 4-3 in district play Sunday in Parkston.

Derek Graesser was the winning pitcher.

Graesser had a solo home run to put the Pheasants ahead 3-1 in the third inning.  Austin Calhoon also hit a solo home run in the victory. He also had single. Dillon Lambley hit a double, single, and drove in a run for the Pheasants.

Winner/Colome will play the Alexandria Angels on Friday at 8 p.m. in Parkston in the championship game.

Michelle Lovejoy and Teresa Marts won the championship flight of the 2 lady best ball golf tournament held Saturday at Winner Country Club. The pair shot a 75.

Second place in the championship flight went to Stacey Halverson and Victoria Gronlund with a 76.

Winning the first flight were Kay Bolton and Twila Owen with an 87. Second place went to Deb Godel and Terami Nespor with an 87.

Pin prize winners were Twila Owen, closest to pin on No. 3; Addy Root, longest drive on No. 4; Teresa Marts, longest putt on No. 7 and Addy Root, longest putt on No. 9.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team won their opener in the District 5B tournament Thursday in Parkston. The Pheasants won 10-0.

J. J. Farner pitched a complete game allowing three hits and no runs while striking out six.  Austin Calhoon had two hits and an RBI including a double. Geno Katz had a single and an RBI for Winner/Colome.

Winner/Colome Legion baseball team fell in two games in the state Class B tournament in Webster.

On Friday afternoon, Milbank defeated Winner/Colome 6-2.

Kelly O’Bryan started on the mound and went 8 innings giving up 5 runs (3 earned) on 10 hits, 2 walks and 7 strikeouts.  Drew DeMers pitched the 9th inning giving up 1 unearned run on 1 hit.  Drew DeMers and Levin McClanahan had RBI singles.

The Royals and Milbank had met twice before during the regular season with each winning a game.

The Winner/Colome Legion played in Saturday’s elimination game and fell 7-3 to Madison.

For Winner/Colome, Carter Brickman started on the mound and pitched four innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits, 1 walk and no strikeouts. Reed Harter came on in relief and pitched four innings giving up 4 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.

The Winner Junior Teeners downed Chamberlain 18-7 in the Regional tournament in Winner.

“Aaron Gilchrist pitched a gem of game,” said coach Jon Hanson. Brady Fritz and Kameron Meiners came in relief to close out the game.
Leading the way on the offensive side were Brady Fritz with 3 hits and 4 runs, Oscar Pravecek with 3 hits and Colby Kaiser with 4 hits.

Winner’s season came to a close at the hands of Wagner by score of 10-7.

Fritz pitched the entire game and had 5 strikeouts. Fritz and Pravecek each had 2 hits.
“I am proud of the kids for battling all season,” said Hanson. “We ended the season with a record of 14-8 and we only had 2 bad losses on the season.
“It was a pleasure coaching these boys. I saw improvement in every single one of the players from the beginning to the end of the season,” said Hanson.

Winner/Colome Legion baseball team won the Region 4B title with an 11-8 victory over Wagner on Saturday.  With the victory, the Royals advance to the State Class B tournament which starts Friday in Webster.  Winner/Colome will play Milbank at 5 p.m.

Ty Bolton started on the mound for the Royals in the Championship game as he pitched four innings, giving up 7 runs (3 earned) on 3 hits, 6 walks and 3 strikeouts.  Kelly O’Bryan earned the win in relief pitching 5 innings and giving up 1 unearned run on 2 hits, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.

Drew DeMers had 4 singles, 4 RBIs and scored 3 runs. Nick Lantz had 3 singles and 2 RBIs. Reed Harter had 2 singles and 3 runs scored. Riley Calhoon had 2 singles and 3 runs scored.

In the second game of the regional, Winner/Colome defeated Platte 11-10.

DeMers had 3 singles and 3 RBIs. Reed Harter had a triple, single and 4 runs scored and Kelly OBryan had 2 singles and 3 RBIs. Nick Lantz had a double and 4 RBIs.

In pitching, Reed Harter threw 6 2/3 inning to earn the win. He gave up no runs with 5 walks and 8 strikeouts. Ty Bolton started the game and gave up 8 runs (7 earned) on 4 hits, 6 walks and 2 strikeouts.

In the semifinal game to advance to the finals, Winner/Colome defeated Parkston 6-4 in 12 innings.

Harter had 2 RBI double in the top of the 12th inning to give the Royals the lead. Calhoon had a double and 2 singles. Harter finished with a double, single, 2 runs scored. DeMers had a double, single and 2 runs scored.
In pitching, Carter Brickman started the game and pitches 6 2/3 innings and gave up 2 unearned runs on 5 hits, 2 walks and 5 strikeouts.

Harter earned the win in relief pitching 4 1/3 inning and giving up 2 runs on 7 hits, 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
O’Bryan earned the save pitching the 12th inning and striking out 2.

Weber said Winner trailed by 8 runs early against Platte and really battled in a marathon game against Parkston. “This is kind of indicative of the never give up attitude that our players have had since the beginning of the club ball season. It is an honor to make a state tournament and I’m so proud of our guys for coming up big and reaching this milestone,” said Weber.

Winner Teeners defeated Gregory 6-5 on July 12 in Winner.

Levi McClanahan was the winning pitcher and leading hitter was McClanahan with a double and single.
The Winner Teeners defeated Platte 9-0 in a rain shortened game on July 7.  Cale Meiners was the winning pitcher. Leading hitters were Meiners, Ty Bolton and McClanahan with 2 singles.

On July 8, Winner defeated Chamberlain 2-1 with Bolton as the winning pitcher. Leading hitters were Meiners with a double and a single.

Winner Teeners played in a tournament in Sioux Falls July 9-11.  Winner was the only Teener team in this junior Legion tournament.

In the first game, Winner fell to Sioux Falls East Junior Legion 4-3. Carter Brickman was the losing pitcher. Leading hitters were Meiners, Phillip Jorgensen and Shea Connot with 2 singles each

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On July 10, Apple Valley, Minn., Junior Legion defeated Winner 14-6.   McClanahan was the losing pitcher. Brickmam had a double and single, Meiners and Nick Lantz hit 2 singles.

On July 10, Sleepy Eye, Minn., Junior Legion defeated Winner 12-11.  McClanahan was the losing pitcher. Riley Calhoon and Meiners had 4 singles, McClanahan, double and single.

On July 11, Brandon Valley Junior Legion defeated Winner 6-3.  Meiners was the losing pitcher. Lantz and Brickman each hit a double and a single.

Winner-Colome Legion baseball team opened play in the Regional tournament with a 10-4 victory over Wagner on July 13.

Kelly O’Bryan earned the win on the mound pitching 7 innings and giving up 4 runs on 8 hits, 5 walks and 4 strikeouts.  Drew DeMers pitched the final two innings in relief.

DeMers had two triples, a single, 4 RBIs and scored 2 runs.  Cameron Biggins had a double and a single.  Ty Bolton had two singles and Reed Harter and Levi McClanahan each had triples.

The Regional is being played in Wagner.